| "Are you forsaking your prosperity because you can't | | | | we've spent all these precious moments on past |
| see the flowers from the dead leaves?" | | | | issues, we have regrettably lost the opportunity that |
| Renowned poet, Albert Laighton once said, "Where | | | | was there all along. |
| man sees but withered leaves, God sees sweet | | | | Are you forsaking your prosperity because you can't |
| flowers growing." There is much truth in this | | | | see the flowers from the dead leaves? Let go of the |
| statement; as all too often we walk along life's | | | | old and withered patterns of your life like the June |
| highway dwelling on the low points and not enough | | | | flowers exhibit. Summer is a time for miracles when |
| of the highpoints. You see, summer is God's way of | | | | we allow them to enter our lives. Don't let a |
| awakening our eyes to the miraculous wonder of life. | | | | hardened heart prevent you from embracing new |
| Everywhere you look, Mother Earth is warming the | | | | possibilities, and a chance for a positive life |
| earth as we experience the freedom of the season. | | | | transformation. Even the flowers get a second |
| The richness of the soil, the tender blossoms, and | | | | chance every year to be the brightest and most |
| the bright green leaves exhibit a beautiful display for | | | | colorful of the garden bouquet. God doesn't view |
| the entire world to see. Have you taken the time to | | | | your "withered" ways, he wants you to be the best |
| really look at nature? | | | | that you can be as well. That is my message to you |
| As Laighton explained, man does not see the | | | | — laugh, have fun, do something that brings a |
| potential in withered leaves. He only sees the dead | | | | smile to your face. |
| vegetation and looks no further...that's how many of | | | | We are all God's children, and like the flowers of |
| us tend to view our lives these days. For some of | | | | summer, he wants you to grow, flourish and feel the |
| us, it takes too much time to focus on what could | | | | soft breeze across your face. Perhaps this is why we |
| be. We spend many an hour worrying about what | | | | have one season out of the year that reminds us of |
| was lost, or the cost of mistakes; and by the time | | | | the miracles that await us all. |